Brake-shaft.



H. PRIES, DECD.

A. Pluis, fxfcumx.

BRAKE SHAFT.

APPLICATION m50 ocr. al. |313.

Y PatentedvFeb. 22, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN PRIES, 0F MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA; AMELIA. PRES MECUTRIX 0F SAID HERMAN PRIES, DECEASED.

BRAKE-SHAFT.

Application filed October 31, 1913.

To all whom it may concern.' g

Be it known that I, HERMAN Pinus, a citizen of the United States, and resident of- Michigan City, county of Laporte, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brake-Shafts, of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to brake shafts for freight cars, of the telescopic type.

The object of the present invention is to provide a construction whereby the hand wheel and all of the appurtenances of the shaft may drop to or below the level of the upper surface of the floor of the car.

It has long been the practice in unloading gravel cars to use a low which will travel the entire length of) the train, the plow being attached to the engine by a cable, the brakes being set on all ofthe cars and the engine being detached from the train. This practice can be followed onl when the brake mechanism is so dispose that it will not obstruct the movement of the plow.

The invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a detail end view of a ear with the improved brake shaft applied thereto and being shown partially in section; Fi 2 is a detail section on the line 2 2 of Pig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a detail plan section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The end sill of a car is represented at 10 and the floor at 11.

The brake shaft comprises the two sections 12, 13, in telescopic relation, the former being journaled in the brackets 14, 15, attached to the sill 10, and the latter being squared and slidably fitting within a comn plementary aperture in the outer member, all of which is more fully explained in my Patent No. 1,137,082, dated .April 27, 1915. The upper end of the shaft member 12, is enlarged to form a hub, 16, upon which is formed, preferably integrally, as shown, the usual ratchet Wheel, 17, which coper ates with the latch or pawl 18 for holding the brake in setposition. The hub, 16, is provided with a shoulder, as shown at 19, for bearing upon the upper face of the bracket 14. The upper face of this bracket is located approximately on the level with the upper face of" the sill, 10, in order to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916. Serial No. 798.455.

permit the hand wheel, 20, of the brake, which is attached to the brake shaft member, 13, to entirely enter a recess 2]., formed in the floor, i1, of the ear for .its reception.

The ratchet wheel, 17, recessed in its upper face, as shown at 22, to receive the lateral offset hub portion 23, cf the hand wheel 20. By ollsetting the hub of the hand wheel; a downwardly extending recess 24 is provided for the reception of the projecting upper end of the shaft member 13, and a nut 25 applied thereto for securing it to the hand wheel so that neither the rim of the wheel nor the upper end will project above the upper face of the car floor when the shaftis not in use.

The hub of the hand Wheel is provided with a laterally extending flange hub oi' sleeve 26, projecting downwardly for the purpose of insuring adequate strength, the hub, 16, at the upper endof the shaft section, l2, being counter-bored for its reception. In order to provide ample stock to secure adequate strength of the hub, 16, the latter' is made substantially tapering in form as shown, and the bracket 14 within which it is journiled is correspondingly shaped.

I claim as my invention,-

1. In brake mechanism, a pair of relatively non-rotatable teleseopmg shafts, a ratchet wheel on the outer shaft', a pawl cooperating with the ratchet Wheel, a bracket for supporting the outer shaft, means for preventing vertical movement of the ratchet wheel with reference to the bracket, and a hand wheel attached to the inner shaft and adapted to scat in and be supported by the ratchet wheel.

2. In `a brake shaft. in combination, a pair of telcscoping shaft members, the outer member having a tapering Acounter-bored hub at its upper end, a bracket within which such hub is journaled and having a tapering socket, a hand wheel fixed u on the upper end of the inner shaft mem er, the hub of the wheel having a downwardly extending sleeve fitting within the counterbore of the hub of the outer shaft member.

3. In a brake shaft, in combinationpa pair of telescoping shaft members, the outer member having on its upper end a ratchet wheel provided with a recess in its upper face, a pawl coperatng with the ratchet of the brake shaftl amasar;

7, J fs' l amm attached to tne ratchet in a brake sha'ifr, in combination, a

` et telescoping minimr having the upper end ged, hand wh end of the inne of the hand wh and si surround' atta eher) Shaft n-ieinh-ers, the outer o' its here to the r shaft member, the

seingl @kpl-r d and ing ange omer shatt fn mi" he hand und of 'the in umbri ition, a one thereof being Vere: ving the its More. and a ma;extending at one the rim of the niet?, upon the man me rr; a n d loosely entering the bore of the outer shaft member.

5. In hand brake mechanism, a bracket having mounted thereon a ratchet Wheel, said ratchet Wheel having a recess therein, and a brake Wheel having a hub adapted, when the brake shaft is in lowermost position, to seat in the recess in said ratchet wheel.

7. 1n hand brake mechanism, a bracket` mounted upon the end sill of a ear, an below the foor level thereof, a brake shaft and pawi and ratchet mechanism mounted on said bracket, the brake shaft being positioned in said ratchet Wheel, and adapted for verticai endwise movement, and a brake wheel secured upon said shaft, the said brake wheel being adapted to be lowered below the evel of the car floor and to seat in and he supported hv said ratchet wheel. HERMAN PRIES. Witnesses JNO. V. CARLSON, VVlLroRD C. RoINsoN. 

